A short list of English East Indiamen losses
Losses from the East India Company's ships
(1763 - 1815)
Source: British archives
|
When lost |
Name of the Ship |
Where and how lost - (HB/OB - Homeward/Outward bound) |
| 08/01/1763 | Elizabeth - 499t | Burnt in the China Seas - HB |
| 20/03/1764 | Winchelsea - 499t | Near the mouth of Bengal river - No cargo |
| 11/01/1764 | Earl of Holderness - 657t | Wrecked near Deal, UK - OB |
| 16/01/1765 | Albion - 668t | Going to the Downs, UK - OB |
| 13/06/1766 | Falmouth - 499t | Stranded on Sagar Sands, India - OB |
| 27/02/1767 | Lord Clive - 676t | Off Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - OB |
| 30/10/1768 | Earl of Chatham - 499t | At Madras roads - HB |
| 17/09/1769 | Lord Holland - 499t | Coming from Bengal River with grain for Madras - HB |
| 25/04/1771 | Verelst - 499t | Near Mauritius - HB |
| 26/07/1772 | Duke of Albany - 676t | On the Long Sand, Bengal river - OB |
| 07/09/1773 | Lord Mansfield - 499t | In Bengal river - no cargo |
| 17/12/1773 | Royal Captain - 499t | West coast of Palawan, Philippines - HB |
| 14/04/1774 | Huntingdon - 499t | Off Johanna, Comoros - no cargo |
| 25/03/1777 | Marquis of Rockingham - 758t | On a rock, Coromandel coast - HB |
| 24/08/1778 | Colebrooke - 723t | In False Bay, South Africa - OB |
| 28/12/1778 | London - 723t | Run down by the Russel (M. of W.) off Berry Head, UK - OB |
| 16/08/1779 | Valentine - 676t | Near Guernsey, Channel Islands - part HB |
| 29/08/1779 | Stafford - 804t | In Bengal river - HB |
| 16/02/1781 | General Barker - 758t | On the coast of Holland, HB |
| 24/06/1782 | Earl of Dartmouth - 758t | Lost on the Carnicobar - HB |
| 04/08/1782 | Grosvenor - 729t | Off Delagoa Bay, South Africa - HB |
| 15/10/1782 | Earl of Hertford - 758t | In Madras roads, with grain - HB |
| 24/06/1782 | Major - 755t | Burnt at Culpee, Bengal - HB |
| 28/08/1782 | Brilliant - 703t | Off Johanna, Comoros Island - OB |
| 15/06/1783 | Fairford - 755t | Blown up in Bombay harbour - OB |
| 19/04/1783 | Duke of Atholl - 755t | Burnt at Madras - OB |
| 20/08/1783 | Duke of Kingston - 723t | Caught fire off Ceylon - OB |
| 10/04/1785 | Hinchinbrooke - 528t | In Bengal river - HB |
| 06/12/1785 | Montagu - 755t | Blown up at Diamond Point, Bengal - OB |
| 06/01/1786 | Halswell - 758t | Off Portland, UK - OB |
| 14/05/1787 | Hartwell - 937t | Off Bona Vista, Cape Verde Islands - OB |
| 08/12/1787 | Mars - 696t | On Margate Sands, UK - OB |
| 24/08/1789 | Vansittart - 828t | Off Bangka, Indonesia - OB |
| 24/08/1791 | Foulis - 763t | En route from Madras to Bencoolen - OB |
| 20/08/1792 | Winterton - 771t | Off Madagascar - OB |
| 26/01/1796 | Dutton - 761t | At Plymouth, UK - OB |
| 13/07/1796 | Middlesex - 852t | Near Erith, UK - OB |
| 26/03/1796 | Ponsborne - 804t | Off Grenada (?) - OB |
| 01/02/1797 | Ocean - 1189t | At Kalatoa, Indonesia - OB |
| 10/08/1797 | Martha - 406t | In Bengal river - OB |
| 05/04/1798 | Princess Amelia - 808t | Burnt off Pigeon Island, near Cannanore, India - HB |
| 08/12/1798 | Henry Addington - 1200t | Off Isle of Wight, Bembridge Ledge, UK - OB |
| 23/02/1799 | Earl Fitzwilliam - 803t | Burnt in Sagar roads - HB |
| 09/07/1800 | Queen - 801t | Burnt at San Salvador, Brazil - OB |
| 10/1800 | Earl Talbot - 1200t | On Pratas Shoal, China - OB |
| 11/01/1803 | Hindostan - 1248t | Off Margate, Wedge sands, UK - OB |
| 06/1804 | Prince of Wales - 820t | Lost en route from Madras in a gale - HB |
| 05/02/1805 | Earl of Abergavenny - 1440t | In Weymouth Bay, Portland Bill, UK - OB |
| 04/12/1805 | Britannia - 770t | Lost off Brazil - OB |
| 20/04/1806 | Lady Burgess - 820t | Bonavista Island, Cape Verde - OB |
| 29/05/1807 | Ganges - 1200t | Off Laccam’s Channel, Andaman Islands - HB |
| 01/1807 | Skelton Castle - 584t | On the way from U.K to China - OB |
| 07/11/1808 | Travers - 577t | Lost at sea - OB |
| 25/01/1809 | Britannia - 1200t | Wrecked in a gale on the Goodwin Sands, UK - HB |
| 25/01/1809 | Admiral Gardner - 813t | Off South Foreland, Goodwin Sands, UK - OB |
| 01/06/1809 | Asia - 820t | In Bengal river - OB |
| 17/09/1809 | Walpole - 820t | Off Portland, near Margate, UK - HB |
| 1809 | Glory - 502t | At sea, in a gale of wind, Indian Ocean - HB |
| 1809 | Lord Nelson - 818t | At sea, in a gale of wind, Indian Ocean - HB |
| 1809 | Experiment - 519t | At sea, in a gale of wind, Indian Ocean - HB |
| 1809 | Calcutta - 819t | Off Mauritius - HB |
| 1809 | Lady Jane Dundas - 820t | Off Mauritius - HB |
| 1809 | Jane Duc. of Gordon - 820t | Off Mauritius - HB |
| 1809 | Bengal - 818t | Off Mauritius - HB |
| 1810 | True Briton - 1198t | Foundered between Bombay and China - OB |
| 01/1810 | Earl Camden - 1271t | Burnt at Bombay - OB |
| 14/10/1812 | Harriet - 549t | Burnt at Calcutta - HB |
| 05/1813 | Earl Howe - 876t | Burnt at Bombay - HB |
| 01/01/1813 | Euphrates - 596t | Lost at Ceylon - OB |
| 17/12/1813 | William Pitt - 572t | Eastward of Algoa Bay, South Africa- HB |
| 1814 | Devonshire - 820t | In Bengal river - HB |
| 18/01/1815 | Bengal - 950t | Destroyed by fire off Point de Galle, Ceylon - HB |
From the season 1760 to 1796 inclusive, 1038 ships sailed for and from India on behalf of the English East India Company.
On this total, 51 were lost (5%)
Comments
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The British destroyed them during that period -
Do you have a list of lost EIC ships prior to 1760 and after 1796? And, do you have any manifests of any of those ships from 1600 to 1875? We have more questions. Kindly supply us with an email address for yourself. I am trying to find Jean Sutton's book "Lords of the East." I am currently in Kiev
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